Raymond Elkins owns a AAA towing shop in Springfield, and last week came to a job fair at Stratford University at Potomac Mills.
He’s looking for 10 people who can not only change a battery and help stranded motorists, but also for someone who can deliver customer service with a smile.
Police say a man walked into the bank in the Ashdale Plaza near Interstate 95 at 2:19 p.m., threatened a clerk with a hammer and demanded money. He got it and then fled the scene.
No one was injured and police have now deployed K9 units and a helicopter to search for the intruder.
Flames broke out at 44 Joshua Road in North Stafford, just off Garrisonville Road (Va. 610).
Two adults and one child were inside the house when it caught fire, and all of them managed to escape the burning house without injury, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
A Stafford sheriff’s deputy traveling south on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) saw an SUV headed in the opposite direction traveling at a high rate of speed. The deputy flipped on his emergency lights and began pursuit.
The deputy pulled up behind the truck and told his dispatch center he was pursuing gray Chevrolet Silverado with Oklahoma license plates traveling at 69 mph, said Stafford Sheriff’s Maj. David Decatur.
Officers were called to the 14800 block of Cloverdale Road in Dale City at 4:29 p.m. Friday to take custody of a dog. Police did not say why they were trying to take the dog nor did they say what breed it was.
But the dog’s owner became combative, and officers then tried to arrest her. She resisted and then burned one of the officers with a lit cigarette, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
Occoquan, Va. –– What can you talk about in six minutes? A lot.
Dumfries, Va. –– The Boys and Girls Club in Dumfries is ready to reopen its doors for the first time in more than two years.
On Monday, the facility was set to welcome 27 children into a nine-week summer camp, which offers children access to the gym, basketball courts, game rooms and computers. Children will also enjoy a field trip once per week.
Yasmine Deleon, of Stafford, was killed after the horse she was riding in a field off Mt. Olive Road was “spooked” and then ran into the street, where the horse and the girl was hit by an oncoming Kia Sorrento.
Virginia State Police Sgt. Les Tyler the horse died at the scene when it was hit head-on by the Kia, driven by a 40-year-old woman.
Flames broke out at a two-story, single family home at 51 Scotland Circle, just off Austin Ridge Drive, at 8:16 p.m.
Two adults and two children were home at the time of the fire but made it out safely. Two of the occupants were treated for injuries that did not appear to be life threatening, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
A concrete median is scheduled to be installed today as part of the project to widen Garrisonville Road (Va. 610) to four lanes at Joshua Road. The median will be in place between Joshua and Furnace roads and will limit driver’s ability to make turns in oncoming traffic.
A new left turn lane will be will be installed on the westbound portion of Va. 610 for drivers that want to turn onto Christopher Drive, entering St. George’s subdivision. The new median will bar drivers from making left turns from westbound Va. 610 onto Woodleigh Lane, said Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kelly Hannon.
